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Hurricane Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne bring record rainfall


This animation shows the daily rain accumulation between September 2 and 28, 2004. Areas of red show where at least 3 inches of accumulated rain were recorded.  Areas of yellow show 1 inch of accumulated rain.  The green path represents the track of Hurricane Frances from August 25, 2004 till September 9, 2004.  The red line represents the track of Hurricane Ivan from September 2, 2004 till September 23, 2004.  Purple is Hurricane Jeanne from September 13, 2004 till September 28, 2004.    This animation shows the daily rain accumulation between September 2 and 28, 2004. Areas of red show where at least 3 inches of accumulated rain were recorded. Areas of yellow show 1 inch of accumulated rain. The green path represents the track of Hurricane Frances from August 25, 2004 till September 9, 2004. The red line represents the track of Hurricane Ivan from September 2, 2004 till September 23, 2004. Purple is Hurricane Jeanne from September 13, 2004 till September 28, 2004.

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Areas of red show where at least 3 inches of accumulated rain were recorded between September 2, 2004 and September 28, 2004..  Areas of yellow show 1 inch of accumulated rain.  The green path represents the track of Hurricane Frances from August 25, 2004 till September 9, 2004.  The red line represents the track of Hurricane Ivan from September 2, 2004 till September 23, 2004.  Purple is Hurricane Jeanne from September 13, 2004 till September 28, 2004.    Areas of red show where at least 3 inches of accumulated rain were recorded between September 2, 2004 and September 28, 2004.. Areas of yellow show 1 inch of accumulated rain. The green path represents the track of Hurricane Frances from August 25, 2004 till September 9, 2004. The red line represents the track of Hurricane Ivan from September 2, 2004 till September 23, 2004. Purple is Hurricane Jeanne from September 13, 2004 till September 28, 2004.

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Animator: Lori Perkins
Studio: SVS
Date Completed: September 28, 2004
Duration: 210 frames, 7.0 seconds
Scientist: Marshall J. Shepherd (NASA/GSFC)
Instrument: TRMM/3B4XRT
Keywords: hurricanes, merged IR, rainfall, accumulated, september,flooding
DLESESubject: Natural hazards, Atmospheric science
Data Collected: 2004/09/02-28
Animation Series: hurricanes Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Frances Hurricane Jeanne



Please give credit for this visualization to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio


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